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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

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